Copyright & Fair Use: Copyright Tools

Full text of Title 17 of the U.S Constitution

Authored by representatives of the educational community and publishers, and made part of the Congressional Record in 1976, has been considered a “safe harbor” when interpreting and applying this third factor during fair use analysis.

Provides free, easy-to-use copyright licenses for a simple, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work — on conditions of your choice. CC licenses let you easily change your copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved.” Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work alongside copyright and enable you to modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs.

Easy-to-use tool from the American Library Association to help determine a work's public domain status based on its publication date.

Best used with Chrome browser

Search for and obtain permission to use and share content from the world's leading titles in science, technology, medicine, humanities, news, business, finance and more.

Steps to locate copyright holders when permission needs to be granted for use of their work.